a. Classification Standards.

The market basket of the 2000-based For further inquiries, write, call or visit:
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS GRPI consists of 500 commodities. It follows the same
classification and grouping as that of the 1993 Philippine PHILIPPINE STATISTICS AUTHORITY
RETAIL PRICE INDEX (CMRPI) Standard Commodity Classification (PSCC). P.O. Box 779, Manila, Philippines
What is the Retail Price Index for Construction Materials b. Sample Establishments/Outlets. These outlets provide the
http://www.psa.gov.ph
(CMRPI)? retail price data for the commodities in the market basket.
The CMRPI is a variant of the General Retail Price Index c. Geographic Coverage. The present CMRPI series cover only the Tel. No. 4626600 loc. 804 or
(GRPI) that measures the changes in the average retail prices of NCR or the Metro Manila area. any Regional/Provincial office nearest you
construction materials.
d. Index Method. Gives the formula used in computing the index
The market basket for RPI of Selected Construction number. In computing the CMRPI, the weighted arithmetic
mean of price relatives, Laspeyre’s formula with fixed base
PSA ON THE AIR
Materials is composed of 102 commodities and classified into Tune in to PSA Serbilis sa Radyo, PSA’s regular
seven (7) major groups: year period and weights is used.
weekly segment over DZRB-Radyo ng Bayan
How many price quotations are collected and where and when are (738 KHz) every Saturday from 6:15-7:00 AM, for the
Number of Items by Commodity Group for CMRPI (2000=100)
prices collected for the market basket? latest updates in statistics and civil registration services.
Commodity Group Number of Items
All Items 102 Price collection on selected construction materials is done
A. Carpentry Materials 19 monthly in sixteen retail markets in NCR.
B. Electrical Materials 23
C. Masonry Materials 17 The arithmetic average of these price quotations are used in
D. Painting Materials and Related the computation of the index.
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Compounds
E. Plumbing Materials 18 How often is the CMRPI released?
F. Tinsmithry Materials 7 The CMRPI is computed monthly and comes out 15 days after
G. Miscellaneous Construction the reference month.
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Materials
How are the price indices information made available to
Below are the weights used in the computation of the the public?
CMRPI:
The CMRPI series is posted on the PSA website at
Weights by Commodity Group for CMRPI (2000=100) www.psa.gov.ph upon its release and can be made available to the
Commodity Group Weights
public in soft copies upon request. Data are also available at the
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All Items 12.6896 Price Statistics Division (PSD), 16 Floor, Eton Cyberpod Centris
A. Carpentry Materials 3.6815 Three, EDSA cor. Quezon Ave., Quezon City (Telephone Number:
B. Electrical Materials 3.4041 3761959).
C. Masonry Materials 1.1457
D. Painting Materials and Related Compounds 1.5648
E. Plumbing Materials 0.8146
F. Tinsmithry Materials 1.4839
G. Miscellaneous Construction Materials 0.5950